JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Archaic causes of death in Prussia in 1800s (and reading old German) #general
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Nicole Heymans <fc473099@...>
Good work Arnold!
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Nikfluss (Stickfluss) Stroke, Apoplectic fit, Apoplexy Nikhusten (Stickhusten) Whooping cough, Pertussis It should indeed be Stickfluss and Stickhusten. Stickfluss (according to the 1905 Sachs-Villatte German-French dictionary) is suffocating catarrhe or pulmonary apoplexy. The verb "sticken" means to stifle (or to embroider!) Brustssbel Pulmonary or Chest infection Entzssndung Inflammation Frsshzeitig Premature, Untimely In several instances such as the examples above, ss should be replaced by u umlaut or ue. The initial St in old German can easily be mistaken for N. Something similar might have been the case for Nachfluss. If anyone has access to the Kepno films, and would like to check, the following death records have "Nachfluss" as cause of death: Film 742975: 1827 D 49; 1835 D 8; 1835 D 14. Film 742977: 1842 D 9; 1842 D 14; 1842 D 19; 1842 D 114; 1846 D 91. All these records are for babies and very young children. "Lungschluss" appears only in film 742975 1833 D 18 and was probably misread. And if anyone cares to complete the list, there were some death causes that this indexer could make no sense of. Anyone so inclined, please get in touch offlist. Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium "Arnold Chamove" <ArnoldChamove@...> wrote: Been trying to find meanings for these death causes for several years |
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